- TFI has uniquely supported recruitment and selection of historically underrepresented students in both sites by providing scholarship opportunities for students. The Harris Scholarship is an opportunity available for 50% tuition support for BIPOC students. TFI is also the chief sponsor of BIPOC and needs-based scholarships for students online.
- In 2020, TFI entered a 5-year partnership with Single Story, Inc., a diversity integration consulting firm. TFI and Single Story are working together to build skill sets and resources for both the organization and its individual employees. One initiative that began in 2020 in which our faculty are integrally involved is the Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity (SEED) Program, a nine-month series of diversity seminars that meet monthly. TFI has mandated that all staff and faculty participate in SEED. SEED offers faculty and staff in both sites the opportunity to revisit experiences around gender, ethnicity, race, class, religion, and sexual identity that have influenced their perspectives. SEED is designed to help faculty and staff to become aware of other views on a personal, institutional, and societal level. The hope is that SEED group participation will promote heightened awareness among all faculty and staff with the intention to promote and maintain inclusivity throughout the organization.
- Project Strengthen is an initiative supported philanthropically, that pairs students with senior clinicians in a co-therapy model. Project Strengthen is reserved for individuals with complex clinical needs who do not have the means to afford therapy at our senior clinician rates. Pairing a senior staff clinician with an on-ground student clinician affords students the opportunity to learn from senior clinicians while contributing to the local community.
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